Who We Are
The JCA Heyman Interages Center bridges the intergenerational gap in the Greater Washington Area and is one of the leaders in the intergenerational movement regionally and nationally.
Our mission is to create a more age-integrated community by promoting improved communication, understanding, and quality of life for older adults and youth.
Interages serves the community by championing mutually beneficial volunteer opportunities for older adults and youth to interact and learn from one another while fostering respect between generations and appreciation of diversity.
What Volunteers Do
JCA Interages:
- Models effective intergenerational programs
- Disseminates information and provides training and technical assistance
- Facilitates communication among entities with an intergenerational interests
JCA Interages Student/Youth Volunteers
- Participate in Intergenerational Book Clubs and projects related.
- Engage in meaningful intergenerational activities with both isolated seniors and other seniors.
Help older people with memory loss create art.
- Help facilitate programs where seniors and children read together.
- Earn SSL hours
Details
| (301) 255-4205 | |
| dana.hirsch@accessjca.org | |
| Dana Hirsch | |
| Senior Director | |
| http://www.accessjca.org/programs/interages |
